Pokemon Go's mental health benefits are real

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Dr. John Grohol is an expert in technology's impact on human behavior and mental health, and for the past 20 years he's studied how people operate online. He's the founder of mental health network
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, and he knows all about the latest tools aimed at helping people deal with anxiety, depression and a host of other issues.

And Dr. Grohol has never seen anything like
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.

"In terms of the phenomena of people expressing the benefits of playing the game to their real-world mental health status, I think that's very unique and it's the first time I've ever seen anything like that," he says.

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